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e. Vertical elevation: उँच /ũc/ 'high'—नीच /nic/ 'low'

f. Length: लामा /lɑmɑ/ 'long'—छोट /cʰoʈ/ 'short'
Colour

For brightness, the colour adjectives appear in antonym pairs or cover the
rainbow and beyond as in (22a-b).

(22) a. Brightness: अऩार /ʌn ̥ ɑr/ 'dark'—अँजोत /ʌjot/ 'light; कCरआ /kʌriɑ/ 'black'—
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उजर /ujʌr/ 'white'

b. Colour: भंटा /b ̤ ʌnʈɑ/ or बैगनी /bɛɡʌni/ 'violet', आसमानी /ɑsmɑni/ 'indigo',
िललही /lilʌɦi/ or नीला /nilɑ/ 'blue', हCरअर /ɦʌriʌr/ 'green', िपअर /piʌr/

'yellow', संतोला /sʌntolɑ/ 'orange', लाल /lɑl/ 'red', कHथही /kʌttʰʌɦi/ or

खइCरआ /kʰʌiriɑ/ 'brown'

Auditory
Auditory adjectives appear in antonym pairs covering several auditory

properties as in (23a-e).
(23) a. Loudness: जोड़दार /joɽdɑr/ 'loud'—लरम /lʌrʌm/ 'soft', हJला /ɦʌllɑ/ 'noisy'—

शांत /sɑnt/ 'quiet'

b. Absolute pitch: उँच /ũc/ 'high'—मंद /mʌnd/ 'low'

c. Relative pitch: तेज /tej/ 'sharp'—मिधम /mʌd̤ im/ 'flat'

d. Harmony: मधुर /mʌd ̤ ur/ 'mellow'—कड़कस /kʌɽkʌs/ 'harsh'
e. Melody: सुCरला /surilɑ/ 'melodious'—बेसुरा /besurɑ/ 'cacophonous'

Shape

Shape adjectives describe shape of noun-coded objects in mono-, bi- or tri-
dimensional space as in (24a-c).

(24) a. mono-dimensional: सोझ /soȷ ̈ / 'straight', ट)ढ़ /ʈẽɽ ̊ / 'crooked or curved', झुँकल

/ȷ ̈ ũkʌl/ 'bent', अइँठल /ʌĩʈʰʌl/ 'twisted'
b. Bi-dimensional: गोल /ɡol/ 'round', वगाOकार /bʌrɡ ɑkɑr/ 'square', िPभुजाकार

/trib ̤ ujɑkɑr/ or ितनकोनी /tinkoni/ 'triangular', आयताकार /ɑetɑkɑr/

'rectangular', समलंबाकार /sʌmlʌmbɑkɑr/ 'trepezoid'.

c. Tri-dimensional: गोलाकार /ɡolɑkɑr/ 'spherical', घनाकार /ɡ ̈ ʌnɑkɑr/ 'cubic',
Cटपाकार /ʈipɑkɑr/ 'conical', बेलनाकार /belnɑkɑr/ 'cylindrical', शुंडाकार

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